. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers . Fio. 9.—Section of Toot at Fig. 10.—Section of Foot at cleft. The prominence of the frog might lead a sujjerficialobserver to consider it a thick solid mass; and I believethis mistake is the cause of its too frequent is merely a layer of horn following the outline ot the FORM AND ACTION OF THE FOOT. 13 structures witliin, wliicli are similarly prominent andirregular in surface. (Figs. 9 and 10.) The first diagram«liows a section through the point of the frog, the second■a, section through the cleft. The frog is fibrous,
. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers . Fio. 9.—Section of Toot at Fig. 10.—Section of Foot at cleft. The prominence of the frog might lead a sujjerficialobserver to consider it a thick solid mass; and I believethis mistake is the cause of its too frequent is merely a layer of horn following the outline ot the FORM AND ACTION OF THE FOOT. 13 structures witliin, wliicli are similarly prominent andirregular in surface. (Figs. 9 and 10.) The first diagram«liows a section through the point of the frog, the second■a, section through the cleft. The frog is fibrous, though not to such markeddegree as the other portions of the hoof. Its chief equali-ties are elasticity and toughness. The Secreting Structures. If we macerate a dead foot in water for a week ortwo, the hoof may be removed entire without injuringthe tissues within. In this way the sensitive foot or* quick is exposed to view, and jjresents an exact coun-terpa,rt of the inside of the hoof. The sensitive footconsists of a layer of fibrous tissue stretched over thebones and other
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